I Hit 3,000-Year-Old Art with a Hammer

The White Horse, in Uffington, is one of the oldest surviving works of art in Britain: carved into a hillside in Oxfordshire 3,000 years ago. Every year, it's rechalked by volunteers co-ordinated through the National Trust, a line of maintenance going back to before England had written history.Thanks to all the National Trust team! If you're free over the August bank holiday and fancy helping out, here's the link! www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/9220f3c2-d50f-4a9e-9063-8d9346ed5da9/pages/detailsThanks to Ian from IanVisits for giving the tipoff - he makes a cameo in this one! www.ianvisits.co.uk/Camera by Paul (@cr3) - he also makes a cameo!Edit by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin) - who doesn't make a cameo.I'm at tomscott.comon Twitter at twitter.com/tomscotton Facebook at facebook.com/tomscottand on Snapchat and Instagram as tomscottgo

Art was so metal back in the day... like "you want to keep it looking well? Hit with a hammer" i tried doing that to the mona lisa and well... havent returned to the louvre or france at all for that matter....

Hello Tom. Really enjoying your channel.Please could you do a video on Mutford Lock in Oulton Broad. As far as I'm aware its the only marine lock with 4 sets of gates due to being tidal on both sides of the lock. Thanks.

Greetings Tom Scott, what do you actually do that gives you the ability to involve in all those diverse projects and show them off to the world?I know that you are also part of the youtube channel "Computerphile" but that doesn't explain why you are all over the place.It is fascinating to see how many different things you get to see and learn about. especially things that I have never heard of, in most cases.So what do you do for a living?Great videos, keep on.

I imagine 3000 years ago, 30 guys drunk on fermented fruits just decide to draw a horse with chalk, and then a few years people found it and started worshiping it and maintaining it and now the tradition goes on